Day 70: Sleeping on a volcano
18 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Yesterday Johan came to visit us in Pucon. So we celebrated with a bbq with beer and a lot of really bad jokes. It was a lot of fun to see him again after more than a month. Today we went to vulcano.Читать далее
Day 71: Back in Pucon
20 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Just a small stop in Pucon to recover from the bulcano before we set of north again.
Day 73: Being a backpacker for a day.
22 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Yesterday we made the most difficult dicision so far. After climbin the vulcano our knees started acting up again. On top of that it just became autumn here. We didn't make the kilometers that weЧитать далее
Day 77: Valpariso
26 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The last couple of days we spend in santiago. Having fun going to parties and enjoying the city. Everybody we talked to said Valpariso is a really good to see so we decided to go. We left most of ourЧитать далее
Day 79: Saying goodbye
28 марта 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Back in Santiago to pick up our stuff to get the bus to La Serena. Saying goodbye to our friend in Santiago. It feels like home here so going is kind off a sad feeling. We couldn't find a taxi thatЧитать далее
Day 81: Hopefully last bus in a while
1 апреля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Another sleeples night in a bus. at 5:45 in the morning we arived at the bus station in La Serena. We build up our bikes in the terminal and got some air for the tires at the gas station. At theЧитать далее
Day 83: Into the Andes.
1 апреля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Setting out of La Serena we were really happy to be back on the bike. But also kinda nervous. This would be the first high Andes pass. So making a lot of jokes and singing aong we covered groundЧитать далее
Day 84: Altitude starts to kick in
2 апреля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Slowly the pass starts to get steeper. Today we made 75 km with 1700 meters of climbing. We decided to camp at an altitude around 2700 meters for mostly sybolic reasons. The higest we have ever beenЧитать далее
Day 85: Altitude sickness
3 апреля 2016 г., Чили ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We have long looked out for this day. Today we will get higher than we have ever been on a bike. But we are a bit scared as well. Can our bodies handle the altitude. From here it is all ripio to theЧитать далее
Day 86: Longest day
4 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Waking up at 4000 meters. Feeling like a hangover with weights on all limbs. Outside it is 1°C with terible wind. We feel like just laying down wait for somebody to rescue us. Somehow we found theЧитать далее
Day 87: Down, Down, Down we go.
5 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We couldn't quite believe we made it to the top yesterday. But sleeping at 3000m made us able to recover a bit. Headeache was gone and the legs felt a littlebit better. Today we only had to go downЧитать далее
Day 88: This is why we came here.
6 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Sleeping in till 9:30 and packing our stuff relaxed. We started cycling around 11. The sun was shining it was 28 °C and the asfalt was kinda good. So today was pure joy. Sometimes we need a reallyЧитать далее
Day 90: Racing North
8 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Having survived the high pass we set out for our last section in Argentina before hoping back to Chile. The comming days we will do the 800 km section to Cafayate. We started strong trough aЧитать далее
Day 91: Bring your own swimming hole
9 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Setting out of our sanbox campingspot we soon relized that the big downhill was over. The first 20 km were slightly uphill. But just enough to make it hard. After 40 km we decided it was time for aЧитать далее
Day 92: Just like France.
10 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We woke up in a cloud. The rain hasn't stoped during the night. So we put on our wett clothes and set out again. Going downhill with rain is the best way to get soaked in no time. So after 55 km weЧитать далее
Day 93: In line for the ATM
11 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C
Yesterday we spend our last pesos on a steak. So this morning we had to find a working ATM. In Argentina that is easier said than done. Last night we walked all 8 ATMs of the city without getting anyЧитать далее
Day 94: Flat as a dubbeltje.
12 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
A rather uneventfull day on the bike. The weather cleared a bit so we made our 100k as planned. Tomorow wil hopefully be the last day on these boring straight roads.
Day 95: Sweat and thermal bath
13 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
We woke up with sun shining on our tent. It has been a long time since that happend. So we set out on this hot day. In the first town we crossed a french guy on a bike. He has been riding solo formЧитать далее
Day 96: grazy wind, nowind, grazy wind
14 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today concisted out of 3 parts. We set out from our campsite to find out that we had a crazy headwind. So the first 40 km we fought this crazy wind uphill. After the 40 km the wind completelyЧитать далее
Day 97: We can smell the wine.
15 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
The last day before getting to Cafayate. Hot again but we managed to cover the kilometers quickly. Meeting 2 spannish and 1 British guy. They gave us some local liquor from Cafayate. Luckely we onlyЧитать далее
Day 101: Windy suprise
19 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Three restdays in Cafayate because Bob decided to get sick on the 2nd restday. But with all the winetastings and barbecues it was time to get back on the bike again. Next stop is Salta but it willЧитать далее
Day 102: Salta Resuply.
21 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today we have a fast pitstop in Salta. We booked a hostel to make our stay as efficient as posible. From here we will start climbing again. In 3 days to 3800 meters. So things will get though again.Читать далее
Day 103: Getting some altitude.
21 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
Today is the first day of our seccond crossing trough the Andes. First we tried to get ninos wheel fixed and some suplies to build our spare stove since our stove is acting up. So we left at 2 andЧитать далее
Day 104: Climbing slowely.
22 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today we set out maximum altitude to 3100 meters. This is to let our bodies adapt to the altitude and hopefully prevent altitude sickness. So we set out relaxed and made some progress early on. AfterЧитать далее
Day 105: Abra Blanka 4080
23 апреля 2016 г., Аргентина ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
The goal for today was 60 km and making it to 3800 meters. Little did we know that there was a 4100 meter high pass in between. The wind made it a really though day. But tomorow we will rest and letЧитать далее